Fitted belt for absorbent garment
CA 2072630 C · Owner: The Procter & Gamble Company · Inventors: Lavon, Gary Dean; New, Nancy Ann; Bennett, David Ray
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Disclosed is a disposable absorbent garment (10 10", 10"') having a belt (12, 12', 12" 12"'). The belt may, either be integral with (12" 12"') or detachable (12, 12'), from the absorbent portion of the garment. The belt (12 12") is arcuate so that one laterally extending edge (16 16") of the belt is longer than the other laterally extending edge (16, 16") of the belt. This arrangement provides a better fitting belt which more discretely conforms to the contours of the wearer and is less noticeable under clothing. Alternatively the belt (12"') may, have a portion which is worn relatively high on the wearer's back, portions which extend diagonally downward to the front of the wearer and a …
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- Filed December 7, 1990 and granted March 31, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 7, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 7, 2012.
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